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slab: Explain why SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU reference before locking
It is not obvious to the casual user why it is absolutely necessary to
acquire a reference to a SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU structure before acquiring
a lock in that structure. Therefore, add a comment explaining this point.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>
Cc: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@gmail.com>
Cc: <linux-mm@kvack.org>1 parent a442673 commit 32fad12
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